Get to Know Our Endorsed Candidates

​U.S. House of Representatives
*Frontline (listed as one of the most challenged races in 2026)

Shontel Brown
OH-11

Shontel  made history as the first woman and the first Black person to serve as a Chairwoman  of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party in 2017.  Shontel's primary issues are ending gun violence, a plan for COVID recovery and relief, lower health care costs and broader coverage, ending poverty, and advancing criminal justice reform.   Shantel was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2021 and was sworn in on November 4, 2021.

​Shontel is a permanent member of the House Agriculture Committee. She also serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. She is an active member of several Congressional Caucuses, including the Congressional Black Caucus, the New Democrat Coalition, and the Congressional Progressive Caucus.




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Katherine Clark    
MA-05, Democrat Minority Whip

Democratic Whip Katherine Clark serves Massachusetts’ 5th District. Throughout her career, she has been an advocate for ending wage discrimination, protecting women’s health care, access to affordable, high-quality child care, paid family leave, safer schools, and other reforms to address the challenges women and families face. In Congress, she brings her experience as a state senator, state representative, general counsel for the Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services, and policy chief for the state attorney general. In fall 2022, she was elected by her colleagues to serve as Democratic Whip of the 118th Congress after serving as the Assistant Speaker during the previous session. ​



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Sharice Davids
KS-03

Rep. Davids is one of the first two Native American women to be elected to Congress (the other, Debra Haaland NM-1, was also elected in 2018). Prior to serving in congress, Rep. Davids was an attorney, worked in community development at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and served as a White House Fellow at the Department of Transportation during the Obama Administration. She serves on the Small Business Committee and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Recently, she has introduced two new bills, that if passed, will remove hidden fees from student loans and help students scammed by faulty loans. In 2018, Rep. Davids defeated her Republican opponent by 9.7% of the vote.



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Suzan DelBene
WA-01, DCCC Chair 2023-2024

Congresswoman DelBene has represented Washington’s 1st Congressional District since she was sworn into office in 2012. She is a leader on several key issues in Congress and her District, including technology, healthcare, trade, taxes, and environmental conservation. In December 2022, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced Congresswoman DelBene would become the new Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, bringing her “sharp political instinct, proven fundraising ability and serious management and operational experience.” Congresswoman DelBene serves as Chair of the New Democrat Coalition, Co Chair of the Women's High-Tech Coalition, Kidney Caucus, and MedTech Caucus. She is also a member of the Pro-Choice Caucus and Congressional Equality Caucus (formerly the Congressional LGBTQ+ Caucus).



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Laura Friedman
​CA-30

Friedman has lived in Southern California for over 30 years and previously worked as a film and television executive and producer. She was first elected to public office as a member of the Glendale City Council in 2009, and went on to serve as Glendale’s mayor. In the state Assembly, Friedman currently serves as the chair of the Assembly Committee on Transportation, the Assembly Select Committee on Biodiversity, and the bicameral Environmental Caucus, as well as the policy chair of the Progressive Caucus. When elected, Friedman became the first woman to hold this seat. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Rochester, New York and resides in Glendale.







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Maggie Goodlander
​NH-02

Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander was elected to her first term in Congress in November 2024 and sworn-in with the 119th Congress in January of this year. Representing New Hampshire’s 2nd District, Maggie serves on the House Armed
Services Committee and the House Committee on Small Business. Maggie has dedicated her life to public service. She began her career working as a foreign policy advisor in the United States Senate where she helped write landmark sanctions legislation and strengthen democracy around the world. She went on to serve as an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve for over a decade. Maggie served as a senior advisor at the White House where she led President Biden’s Unity Agenda for the Nation, dedicated to solving five big challenges: beating the opioid epidemic, tackling the mental health crisis, holding Big Tech accountable, meeting our sacred obligation to veterans, and ending cancer as we know it.

Val Hoyle 
​OR-04

Rep. Val Hoyle is an experienced leader and dedicated public servant. She grew up in a family with union roots going back three generations, and her firefighter father taught her to not only work hard, but also to hold the ladder so the next person has the opportunity to climb. Rep. Hoyle has worked for minimum wage as a waitress, been a small business owner, and has 25 years of experience working in the outdoor industry, focusing on retail sales and international trade, and she took her values and private sector experience with her when she turned to public service. She has represented the residents of West Eugene and Junction City in the Oregon legislature, and was elected to the position of majority leader. In 2018, she was elected statewide to serve as Oregon’s labor commissioner. In this role, she ensured that workers were paid the wages and benefits they are owed under the law, oversaw enforcement of civil rights and housing discrimination protections for Oregonians, and had jurisdiction over apprenticeship programs that provide workforce training across the state. Rep. Hoyle lives in Springfield, Oregon with her husband and their dog, and has two grown children.

Susie Lee*
NV-03, Women's Caucus Co-Chair

Prior to her election, Rep. Lee had a diverse career focused on improving the lives of others. She has worked as a campaign policy advisor to Las Vegas Mayor Jan Laverty Jones, founded a homeless shelter for parents and children in need, and was the president of the board of Communities In Schools of Nevada, a program that seeks to lower high school dropout rates. Rep. Lee took over the seat from Rep. Jacky Rosen (D) in January 2019 and serves on the Education & the Workforce Committee and Veterans’ Affairs Members Committee. Recently, she has successfully introduced and passed 3 amendments that will increase the efficiency of medical care at the VA and DOD. In 2018, she beat her Republican opponent by 9% of the vote. So far, she has one Republican challenger in 2020 – former Nevada state treasurer Dan Schwartz – who has attacked her affiliation with Nancy Pelosi in the media.
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Sarah McBride
DE - At Large

​McBride has always been a strong supporter of ensuring access to quality, affordable health care, a commitment that deepened after watching her late husband, Andy, battle cancer. She is also focused on advancing criminal justice reform, reducing gun violence, and tackling the crisis of climate change head-on. McBride is a steadfast supporter of reproductive freedom and will work in the U.S. House to pass federal legislation protecting the right to choose. “I’ve never wavered in the fight to protect the right to an abortion, and I never will,” she has said. “Abortion care is health care. It’s time we treated it as such by making it available and accessible for all who seek it.”



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Kristen McDonald Rivet*
​MI-08

Raised in a small town in Michigan by her father, Kristen watched her father work long hours weekly to provide for his family, learning early on that anybody who works hard should be able to achieve the American dream. McDonald Rivet’s upbringing motivated her to assist families in her community to thrive. She became the executive director of Michigan Head Start Association, chief of staff for Michigan’s Department of Education and vice president of the Skillman Foundation, where she was instrumental in making significant improvements to Michigan’s child care system and to education outcomes for children. McDonald Rivet helped to restore communities, increase youth development programs, and create public policy that helped level the playing field for marginalized communities. As a state senator, she successfully led the initiative to pass the largest tax cut for working families in Michigan’s history. 

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Stacey Plaskett   
USVI

Stacey Plaskett is a Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the United States Virgin Islands at-large congressional district. Plaskett has practiced law in New York City, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Plaskett served as a House manager during the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, the first non-voting member of the House of Representatives to do so. Stacey currently serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, the House Budget Committee and the House Committee on Agriculture where she serves as the Chair of the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture and Research. She is up for re-election in 2022. ​









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Deborah Ross       
NC-02

Deborah Ross. a civil rights lawyer and a former representative of the North Carolina General Assembly (2003-2013) representing the 38th and 34th House District. As a representative, she served both Majority and Minority Whip and chaired the Judiciary, Ethics and Election Laws Committees. Her career also includes being the state director for the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina in 1994, a legal counsel for Triangle Transit. She is a supporter of the Equal Pay Act. In 2016, she was the Democratic nominee in the Senate election in NC but loss slightly to the incumbent Republican, Rep. Richard Burr, who won with just 51% of the vote. In the March 2020 Democratic primaries, she won and is the district’s Democratic candidate and in November, she will be challenging Rep. Alan Swain. Since her district is blue, she has the likelihood to win the general election.

Kim Schrier*
WA-08

Rep. Schrier is the only female doctor in Congress and the first Democrat to represent her district since its creation in 1983. She spent her career working as a renowned pediatrician in the Greater Seattle area. As a physician who also lives with Type 1 diabetes, she has a unique dual perspective on the healthcare needs of Americans. She sits on the Agriculture Committee and the Education & Workforce Committee. Recently, Rep. Schrier’s bill to strengthen and reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act passed the House with bipartisan support. In 2018, she defeated her Republican opponent by 4.4% of the vote.




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Emilia Sykes*
​OH – 13

Rep. Emilia Sykes, a proven leader who served as a state representative and former House minority leader, serves in Congress to build on her life’s work of expanding opportunity for all Northeast Ohio families. Born in Akron, Ohio, Rep. Sykes grew up on the city’s west side and learned the meaning of public service from her parents. She graduated from Kent State University and went on to the University of Florida, where she earned both a Juris Doctor with a certificate in family law and a Master of Public Health. In 2014, she was elected to represent Ohio’s 34th state District in the Ohio House of Representatives, making history as Ohio’s first Black woman lawmaker under 30. In 2019, she was elected minority leader. Rep. Sykes beat the odds and defeated a Trump-endorsed extremist in a tough race in 2022, and is now mounting her first reelection campaign under unusually challenging circumstances: Ohio’s congressional maps were struck down as unconstitutional and are going to be redrawn for 2024. While we don’t know what Rep. Sykes’ district will look like, we can count on her to bring her fresh vision to Washington and to lead with courage as she fights for her community. 

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz 
FL-23

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz serves as Congresswoman to Florida's 23rd district in south Florida. As  Florida’s first Jewish Congresswoman, she has earned the respect of her colleagues for working tirelessly on behalf of seniors, children, and families for nearly three decades.  First sworn into the U.S.  House of Representatives in  2005, Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and Florida Senate.  Currently, Wasserman-Schultz serves as a Cardinal on the Appropriations Committee, making history as the first-ever woman to Chair the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, where she is committed to ensuring our nation’s veterans have the resources and support they need. She serves on the Agriculture Subcommittee, and the Energy and Water Subcommittee, where she is a leading advocate of the efforts to protect the Florida Everglades, take bold action on climate change, and safeguard our air and water.

Nikki Budzinski
IL-13

Nikki Budzinski has spent her life fighting for workers and working families. She believes in the American Dream and will bring people together to level the playing field and rebuild the middle class so families have a shot to get ahead.
As Governor JB Pritzker’s senior advisor on labor issues, Nikki successfully led the charge to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. By bringing workers, small businesses, and elected officials to the negotiating table Nikki worked to make sure that all working families across Illinois can maintain a decent standard of living. Also in the Governor’s office, Nikki served as the Chair of Broadband Advisory Council that expanded high-speed “broadband” internet across Illinois.
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Angie Craig
MN-01

Angie Craig represents Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District. Her key issues include a future with lower health care costs and opportunities for career skills and technical training for 21st century jobs.  In Congress, Rep. Craig is fighting to make sure career skills and technical education is an option for every young person; to lower the cost of healthcare, and to work toward a solution that expands health care to many more Americans; for infrastructure investments that benefit our communities. Her policies are focused on rewarding people for their hard work – especially family farmers and small business owners. Her committee appointments include; the House Committees on Agriculture,  Energy and Commerce and Small Business. Angie holds regular town hall meetings in the district to hear from Minnesotans. 

Diana DeGette
CO-01

Rep. Diana DeGette is a fourth-generation Coloradoan who has dedicated her life to serving the people of Colorado's First Congressional District. As co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, DeGette has been leading the fight to restore the protections we had under Roe v. Wade. Now in her fourteenth term, DeGette is recognized as a leading voice in the nation's health care debate. As a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, DeGette  has played a leading role in overseeing the nation's health care agencies and the nation’s overall response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She’s also led numerous efforts to ensure the nation's environmental laws are being properly enforced, lower the cost of insulin for millions of Americans and take on the climate crisis.
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Lizzie Fletcher   
TX-07

Rep. Fletcher is an attorney, who, prior to her election, represented Houstonians in court on a variety of issues from international law to litigation. Her district is entirely within the city of Houston and where she has been a resident her whole life. Rep. Fletcher sits on the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee and Science, Space, & Technology Committee. In the House, she has focused on bringing relief to Houston after Hurricane Harvey and ensuring her district and the nation is more prepared for future natural disasters. In 2018, she defeated her Republican opponent by 4.5% of the vote. Currently, there are already 2 Republicans running for her seat in 2020.





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Laura Gillen*
NY-04

Laura is running to take back the House seat in NY-04.  She served as the Hempstead Town Supervisor in 2017, where she won the first Democratic victory in the town's 112-year history. In her role as Supervisor, Laura oversaw all of the town departments' operations and managed a budget of close to $500 million. She attacked corruption and waste and improved the town government's openness, accountability, and transparency for the people who pay taxes. After several years of tax increases, the town was able to reduce resident taxes because of her cost-cutting initiatives. In her capacity as Supervisor, Laura oversaw initiatives to restore the town's infrastructure, filed a lawsuit to get compensation for pollutants found in the community's water systems, and enacted significant laws pertaining to veteran's compensation and sexual assault. Laura persisted in her community service at the Covid-19 pandemic's peak by working with the organization All Hands and Hearts delivering PPE to nearby police departments, companies, and medical facilities.

Jahana Hayes*  
CT-05

Rep. Hayes is the first African-American woman and first African-American Democrat to represent Connecticut in Congress. She was a public school teacher for 15 years and earned the distinction of 2016 National Teacher of the Year. Rep. Hayes is a strong advocate for equitable access to quality education and sits on the Education and Labor Committee and the Agriculture Committee. She recently introduced bicameral legislation to combat food insecurity for college students. In 2018, she defeated her Republican opponent with 11.8% of the vote, but already has 2 Republican challengers, one of whom is a former assistant U.S. Attorney.
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Sara Jacobs 
CA-53

Sara Jacobs is a former foreign policy advisor to Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election and has worked in various policy positions at the State Department during Obama’s administration, UNICEF and the United Nation. She is also a Scholar in Residence at the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego.  Jacobs is the founder and chairwoman of San Diego for Every Child: The Coalition to End Child Poverty, and the founding CEO of Project Connect – an education non-profit that is now a flagship part of UNICEF’s work around the world.  Sara represents California's 53rd Congressional District.

Teresa Leger Fernández
NM-03

Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández was newly elected as Chair of the House Democratic Women's Caucus and represents New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District. Born in Las Vegas, Tersa is a 17th generation Northern New Mexican. After graduating from Stanford Law School, Tersa worked as an attorney and advocate and won important legal battles to advance voting rights, promote tribal sovereignty, and protect the local environment and acequia waters. She also served as an acequia commissioner. As a public interest lawyer, she has helped secure nearly $1 billion to build schools, rural health clinics, broadband, businesses, affordable housing, and infrastructure for New Mexico. She has worked to protect voting rights and create a more inclusive democracy. Teresa was a Clinton and Obama presidential appointee and worked as a White House Fellow on housing issues and as Vice Chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

April McClain-Delaney
MD-06

McClain Delaney knows firsthand the issues families face daily. Her 20 years of experience working in media and tech helped her to assist small businesses connect and market globally. McClain Delaney worked for 15 years in leadership at Common Sense Media, where she was a thought leader on kids’ online safety and the impact of media on children’s health and well-being. During her tenure as the deputy assistant secretary for communications in President Biden’s Commerce Department, McClain Delaney worked locally, nationally, and globally to expand broadband access and digital equity in an effort to address online harassment and abuse. She also worked to further U.S. competitiveness through innovation and to support efforts underpinning the security and resiliency of our nation’s networks, including our First Responder Network. 
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Grace Meng
NY-06

Grace Meng is serving her sixth term in the House, representing New York’s 6th Congressional District. She serves as the First Vice-Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, co-Chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combatting Antisemitism, and as a Vice-Chair of the LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus. Grace has pushed forward a number of pieces of legislation supporting religious freedom, protecting public housing residents from inadequate living conditions, and expanding internet access for students across the country. Additionally, Grace helped pass the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law.   Grace serves as New York’s senior member of the House Appropriations Committee.





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Nellie Pou*
​NJ – 09

Nellie Pou served in the New Jersey Assembly from 1997 to 2012. She was elected to the state Senate in 2011 and was reelected in 2013, 2017, 2021, and 2023. She was the first woman and the first Latina elected to represent the 35th Legislative District. Throughout her state legislative tenure, she has worked to ensure all New Jerseyans are safe. Pou sponsored a law that broadened the definition of human trafficking and increased penalties. She is a strong advocate for social justice and human rights. In 2013, Pou spearheaded legislation that allowed undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates at state colleges and universities. She has fought to set new standards for background checks for individuals working in the home of seniors and people with disabilities. Pou invested in New Jersey’s youth and worked to reform the juvenile justice system by introducing legislation — now law — that would provide automatic representation to juveniles by the Office of the Public Defender if they are under 18 years old. She also set out to add new protections for sexual assault victims and created a central registry of protective orders accessible to police and child protection officers.

Andrea Salinas
​OR – 06

​Andrea is proud to serve on the House Agriculture and House Science, Space, and Technology Committees, where she crafts policies that will help level the playing field for Oregon farmers and rural communities and create more good-paying, union jobs. As Co-Chair of the bipartisan Mental Health Caucus, she has prioritized making mental health care and addiction treatment more accessible and affordable.









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Melanie Stansbury
NM-01

Melanie Stansbury is a scientist who proudly serves New Mexico's 1st congressional district since 2021. The district includes most of Albuquerque, along with most of its suburbs. Stansbury was formerly a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives from the 28th district. Congresswoman Stansbury sits on the House Committee on Natural Resources as well as the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. She is on the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United State and the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. She is part of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, and the Democratic Women's Caucus. She is up for reelection in 2022 and will be running against both Democratic and Republican candidates.

Dina Titus*
NV-01

Serving the First Congressional District of Nevada, Dina has built a strong record of achievement as both an educator and a public servant.  In 1988, Dina was elected to represent the people of District Seven in the Nevada State Senate, serving as the Democratic Minority Leader from 1993 to 2008. During her service in the Legislature, Dina was a champion for quality education and renewable energy development, and a strong advocate on behalf of Nevada’s children, seniors, and persons with disabilities.  Dina is a member of several House Committees, including  the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on Homeland Security, in which she is a member of the subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence. She is a member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,  of which she is a member of the subcommittees on Aviation, Economic Development and Emergency Management, and Highways and Transit.​

Janelle Bynum*
​OR-05

Rep. Janelle Bynum has been instrumental in passing legislation that invests in mental health care, expands youth voter engagement, and supports women of color in the workplace. Bynum also serves as a senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee and a Chairwoman of the House Committee on Small Business/Economic Development, where she sponsored a new law to bring semiconductor manufacturers to the state. The daughter of teachers and a mother of four, Bynum lives with her husband in Happy Valley, Oregon, where she runs four restaurants and provides mentorship and educational scholarships to employees. Janelle’s been working hard for us – lowering the cost of prescription drugs, protecting women’s reproductive freedom, protecting LGBTQ+ rights, building more affordable housing and addressing homelessness, taking on the climate crisis and finding pathways for all of our young people to get ahead – whether they’re pursuing a four-year degree or degree in career and technical education.

Jasmine Crockett
​TX – 30

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett has served as the U.S. Representative for Texas 30th Congressional District since January 2023, representing portions of Dallas and Tarrant counties, representing the seat previously held for 30 years by the late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. . In the 118th Congress, Congresswoman Crockett was elected as Freshman Leadership Representative, and in the 119th Congress she was appointed to the position of Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight. She currently serves on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. She was also appointed as Communications Task Force Co-Chair for the Democratic Women's Caucus. 
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Rosa DeLauro
CT-03

Rosa DeLauro represents Connecticut’s 3rd Congressional District. At the core of her work is her fight for America’s working families. Rosa believes that the nation’s minimum wage must increase, and all employees should have access to paid sick days, paid family and medical leave, and ensure equal pay for equal work. She supports tax cuts for working and middle class families, has fought to expand the Child Tax Credit to provide tax relief to millions of families, and introduced the Young Child Tax Credit to give families with young children an economic lift. Rosa has also fought to stop trade agreements that lower wages and ship jobs overseas, while also protecting the rights of employees and unions. Rosa is a leader in fighting to improve and expand federal support for child nutrition and for modernizing the U.S. food safety system.   Rosa is a member of the House Appropriations Committee, of which she was previously Chair.

Lois Frankel  
FL-21

Congresswoman Lois Frankel has spent her lifetime delivering positive change to her community as a civic leader, state legislator, mayor, and now Member of the United States House of Representatives. Currently, she sits on the House Appropriations Committee and as of this session, on the House Committee on Veteran's Affairs, which is personal to her as a proud mom of a brave Marine war veteran. A trailblazer in the Florida State Legislature, Lois served as the first woman Democratic minority leader. She became a leading force to improve the economic condition of families and seniors and protect human rights and women's reproductive freedom. In the 119th Congress, Lois was named the Leading Democrat in the House National Security and State Appropriations Subcommittee - NSRP overseeing the funding of international diplomacy, development, and global health. Prior to her election to Congress, Lois served as Mayor of West Palm Beach, raising her city to a new vitality and earning a reputation as an innovative problem solver.

Marie Gluesenkamp 
​Perez*
​WA – 03

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is a fifth-generation Washingtonian, former small business owner, and working mom who serves as Southwest Washington’s independent voice in Congress. As the daughter of an immigrant and pastor, Marie learned by example the importance of working for her community. Marie earned her degree in economics at Reed College and co-owned an auto repair and machine shop with her husband, Dean, before coming to Congress. They were able to purchase their building with the help of an SBA loan and know the difficult choices small business owners often need to make. In Congress, Marie is fighting to make progress on the issues facing Southwest Washingtonians, defend democracy, and level the playing field for working families like hers. She serves on the House Agriculture Committee and the House Small Business Committee in the 118th Congress.

Chrissy Houlahan
PA-06

Chrissy Houlahan is an Air Force veteran, engineer, entrepreneur, and educator who has represented Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional District since 2019. She is committed to fighting for access to quality, affordable healthcare, common sense gun safety, government accountability and transparency, and working to build a strong, stable economy with good jobs and good benefits for everyone. Since becoming a member of Congress, she has been awarded the Abraham Lincoln Leadership for America Award and three Congressional Management Foundation Democracy Awards.
​Chrissy is a member of the House Committee on Armed Services and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.




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Marcy Kaptur*
OH-09

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur represents the working people of  Ohio's 9th Congressional District. She is currently the longest serving woman in the history of the U.S. House of Representatives and ranks among the most senior Members of the 117th Congress.   In 1981, while pursuing a doctorate in urban planning and development finance at MIT, she was recruited by the Lucas County Democratic Party to run for Congress against a first-term Republican. Although she was outspent by a 3-to-1 margin, Kaptur parlayed a strong economic message during the 1982 recession to stage a nationally-recognized upset.  In Washington, Kaptur fought to win a seat on the  House Appropriations Committee, where she remains a member today. In 2021, she was named to the  House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, which she is focused on highlighting the plight of the hardworking men and women of the Industrial Heartland who have too often been left behind.


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Lucy McBath
GA-07

After losing her son to gun violence in 2012, Lucy left her 30-year career as a flight attendant at Delta Airlines to become the National Spokesperson and Faith and Outreach Leader for Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Representing Georgia’s 7th Congressional district since 2019, Lucy continues to seek bipartisan solutions to end gun violence, uplift small businesses, protect and serve veterans, and lower the cost of healthcare and prescription drugs. She partnered with Senator Raphael Warnock to introduce a bill that would cap insulin costs at $35 a month for seniors on Medicare. The legislation was signed into law by President Biden and went into effect in 2023.​  Lucy serves on the House Education and the Workforce Committee and the House Judiciary Committee.


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Jennifer McClellan
VA-04

From 2006-2017, Jennifer served the greater Richmond, Virginia area in the General Assembly as a State Delegate and a Virginia State Senator since 2017, where she was Vice Chair of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus. On February 21, 2023, Jennifer won a special election to become a U.S. House Representative for Virginia’s 4th Congressional District. Throughout her career, she has passed laws to protect voting rights, safeguard abortion access, tackle climate change, rebuild schools, expand Obamacare in the state, and reform Virginia’s criminal justice system. Jennifer has also been a leader in addressing Virginia’s history of racial inequality, and as Chair of the Virginia Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission, she aims to promote Dr. King’s legacy.

Brittany Pettersen
​CO-07

​Rep. Brittany Pettersen successfully ran for Congress to fight for Colorado families. A fourth generation Coloradan, Rep. Pettersen had to take on adult responsibilities at a young age as her mom battled with addiction. With relentless hard work and the support of her teachers, she beat tough odds to become the first member of her family to graduate from high school and college. She worked on President Obama’s historic 2008 campaign and engaged a new generation of Coloradans in their democracy through voter registration and advocacy before stepping up to put her own name on the ballot. In 2012, she ran a successful grassroots campaign in a competitive race for the Colorado House of Representatives — and became the youngest woman in the state legislature. In 2018, Rep. Pettersen was one of five young Democratic women candidates nicknamed the “Fab Five,” whose double-digit wins in 2018 helped take the majority in the state Senate.  She is only the second Colorado legislator to give birth during a legislative session.

Emily Randall 
​​WA – 06

Emily Randall was born and raised in Port Orchard, Washington, where her parents and teachers instilled in her the value of education. She is the first in her family to attend a four-year college, so she knows firsthand the importance of making the path to higher education more accessible. She graduated from South Kitsap High School in 2004 and went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and women’s studies from Wellesley College. She is the oldest of three children and experienced the positive impact the government had on her youngest sister, who was born with complex medical needs. Thanks to Washington State’s Medicaid expansion, her sister was able to receive necessary care that improved her quality of life. It was through these life-changing experiences that Randall was able to find her drive for helping people and fighting for affordable higher education and health care access expansion. In November 2018, she was elected to the Washington state Senate representing the 26th District becoming the first queer woman state senator in Washington and in 2024 she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives 
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Hillary Scholten
​​MI – 03

Rep. Hillary Scholten serves in Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District to expand opportunity for all West Michiganders. An invested member of her church and her community, she has lived her values by dedicating her career to service. Scholten earned a degree in social work and became a case worker for members of the LGBTQ+ community who faced housing discrimination. She then went to law school and clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit before working for the Department of Justice under President Obama. In 2017, appalled by the unjust policies of the new administration, she returned home to Michigan and joined the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center as an attorney, and volunteered with the Times Up Legal Defense Fund, offering her legal expertise to those whom the system has left behind and ignored. She has also been a vocal advocate for immigrant child workers working dangerous jobs in poor conditions and has called for an interagency task force to be developed to prevent future exploitation. 

Haley Stevens 
MI-11

Rep. Stevens is the former Chief of Staff to the U.S. Auto Rescue Task Force, the federal initiative under President Obama that saved the jobs of 200,000 Michigan residents. She also set up the Office of Recovery for Automotive Communities and Workers and the White House Office of Manufacturing policy. Rep. Stevens sits on the Education & Labor Committee and the Science, Space, & Technology Committee and was elected co-president of the freshman Democratic class. Her priorities in the House include manufacturing and environmental sustainability. In 2018, she defeated her Republican opponent by 6.6% of the vote.

Lauren Underwood
IL-14

Rep. Underwood is the first woman and the first person of color to represent her district in Congress, as well as the youngest African-American woman to serve in Congress. She is a registered nurse, and before being elected she worked at the Department of Health and Human Services as a senior policy advisor. She sits on the Education & Workforce Committee, the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, and Vice Chair’s the Homeland Security Committee. Recently, Rep. Underwood has introduced legislation to improve medical screening and provide high priority medical resources to migrants at the border. In 2018, she defeated her Republican opponent by 5% of the vote.